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Jahlil Okafor participated in 5-on-5 scrimmaging

This marks the first time the center's gone full bore since March.

Joel Embiid (left) and Jahlil Okafor (center share a laugh during practice. Amir Johnson and Ben Simmons are also shown.
Joel Embiid (left) and Jahlil Okafor (center share a laugh during practice. Amir Johnson and Ben Simmons are also shown.Read more(Charles Fox/Staff Photographer)
    by Keith Pompey | Columnist
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76ers reserve center Jahlil Okafor participated in limited five-on-five scrimmaging during Wednesday's training camp practice.

This marked the first time the third-year veteran went five-on-five since March. He missed the final 11 games and 18 total this past season with right knee soreness.

Okafor's knee has been bothering him since he had surgery March 22, 2016, to repair a torn meniscus. The injury could make it hard for the Sixers to get what they deem as equal value for the 6-foot-11 center, the third overall pick of the 2015 draft.

Joel Embiid (recovering from left knee surgery) and Timothe' Luwawu-Cabarrot (right knee patellar tendonitis) remained out of the 5-on-5 scrimmages.